Currently, I have bought out the haste/mastery cloak/neck, the haste/crit ring, and the expertise DPS trinket.

Are the other items like the Crit/mastery belt, bracers, dodge/mastery tank ring and possibly the mastery trinket worth purchasing for the ilvl and general stat upgrades? or should I be sinking my valor into upgrading my current 522 gear and hope on getting some luck with drops for the other slots?

Sink your valor into upgrading key itemization pieces. If the other valor gear do not have haste on them or a very useful stat (hit/exp) for gearing tanks in addition to mastery, then it's best avoided until you're more geared.

Currently, I have bought out the haste/mastery cloak/neck, the haste/crit ring, and the expertise DPS trinket.

Are the other items like the Crit/mastery belt, bracers, dodge/mastery tank ring and possibly the mastery trinket worth purchasing for the ilvl and general stat upgrades? or should I be sinking my valor into upgrading my current 522 gear and hope on getting some luck with drops for the other slots?

Many thanks in advance for any help provided.

Can only get 1 ring/trinket.
Crit/mastery belt : probably get one off jinrokh, if not you can get it.
Holy plate gloves are fairly decent.
Same with holy plate legs.

dodge/mastery tank ring and possibly the mastery trinket worth purchasing for the ilvl and general stat upgrades?

NO and NO. Instead of the mastery trinket, you might want to get the expertise trinket. ToT tank trinkets are pretty bad all around for the current active mitigation design. Still, you might want to keep a stamina trinket in your bags for special fights.

Can only get 1 ring/trinket.
Crit/mastery belt : probably get one off jinrokh, if not you can get it.
Holy plate gloves are fairly decent.
Same with holy plate legs.

*facepalm* get out please..

OT: if your new to Pally tank, don't go haste route, go Migitation route, compleate avoidance stats really.. so any Tanking gear that has mastery etc on it.
Mastery
Dodge,
Parry
reforge everything to mastery more or less, can't remember on the top of my head.

OT: if your new to Pally tank, don't go haste route, go Migitation route, compleate avoidance stats really.. so any Tanking gear that has mastery etc on it.
Mastery
Dodge,
Block
reforge everything to mastery more or less, can't remember on the top of my head.

OT: if your new to Pally tank, don't go haste route, go Migitation route, compleate avoidance stats really.. so any Tanking gear that has mastery etc on it.
Mastery
Dodge,
Block
reforge everything to mastery more or less, can't remember on the top of my head.

This is such bad advice. Please, OP, do not listen to this.

No reason to assume someone is incompetent and then set them up for failure or, at best, subpar performance.

While I don't advocate the use of Int gear, personally, it IS a valid choice. I'd still go for Crit/Mastery STR gear over Haste/X INT gear, but that's just personal preference.

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OT: if your new to Pally tank, don't go haste route, go Migitation route, compleate avoidance stats really.. so any Tanking gear that has mastery etc on it.
Mastery
Dodge,
Parry
reforge everything to mastery more or less, can't remember on the top of my head.

I appreciate your valuable input, but next time please give reasons.
Point of the matter being that haste is superior (as it has been circlejerked to death in 1000s of other discussions) so there is no reason to go the inferior route.

Just incase you keep this paladin you're gearing for a long time, do yourself a favour and keep old gear for an entire expansion. You don't really have to do that so much any more but it doesn't hurt, you can find bankspace somewhere. Was more important previously (Herald, block set for Anub hc) and a bit in cata but definitely definitely keep all trinkets. Something might twig in your head at some point and you'll have it there and waiting. Same goes for if you keep old gear, good, gem it with stamina solely or some other stat, test things try things and maybe it'll come in handy for a very specific set of circumstances.

Chances are you'll never use it but better to have it than not. Back in DS hc on Yorsahj, if you didn't have a DK tank this could be hard. Especially if you had to use a pala or worse, a warrior. If you'd kept your Baradin Warden trinket this fight was suddenly a LOT easier and same for Sindragosas Flawless Fang to a much lesser extent but still good. Same happened on madness hc with Stay of Execution from Firelands rep - made handling an Impale so much easier.

Talking about the Sindragosa Flawless Fang and Barradin trinket, does the resistance from them still give damage reduction?

Volun-told - A supposedly optional event, award, assignment, or activity in which a person (or persons) are required to attend either by persons-in-charge nominating them or their peers expecting them to be there. The individual often has no say in the matter, and non-attendance in frowned upon.I am so tired of seeing terrible people, being admired, for being terrible people.